More on Not One Red Cent!

A supporter of this boycott sent us comments from an Ohio based conservative-republican discussion board, and not surprising they were hostile to this endeavor. Actually one person said that we were working for the infamous communist George Soros. We can assure you, we do not.

Our goal is simple; to convince Ohio Republicans that the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) has strayed too far from authentic republican norms, and through a statewide boycott of the ORP’s “88 in 08” donation effort, affect change in the party leadership and direction, and the direction of legislation in the General Assembly.

How will we know if we are successful; this in itself is a difficult task. However, we have mulled around a couple potential milestones that we might use, which will indicate if the ORP is moving in the right direction:

1. Party Chairman Bob Bennett either steps down from his position or is voted out;
2. The tax rate in Ohio is reduced; specifically, elimination of the income tax for all Ohio, and the reduction of the corporate tax rate;
3. Advance above the 25th position in the business tax climate ranking conducted by the Tax Foundation.
4. Advance above the 25^th position in the personal tax climate ranking conducted by the Tax Foundation.
5. Advance above the 10^th position for education ranking conducted by American Legislative Exchange Council.
6. Reduce Ohio’s unemployment rate to below 4.5 percent; this would take us below the national average by 0.5 percent;
7. Reduce government spending by 15 percent;
8. Reduce the regulatory constraints preventing new construction of energy power plants and develop a comprehensive plan to increase the number of energy plants;
9. Regain the Governor’s seat;
10. Regain the lost seat in the United States Senate.

These are only a few and I am sure we will examine other areas that would certainly indicate a return to republican norms, such as reducing the gigantic Medicare beast. We also hope that fellow republicans reading this weblog would offer their opinions as well.

But we should be clear that it is not our goal to destroy for the sake of destruction. Since the time of the French Revolution such actions of destruction have been the hallmark of the left. Our goal is to destroy only the cancerous tumor that is causing illness to the body. Ohio needs the ORP, but it must be healthy and focused on republican norms. Otherwise we will be faced with a very dismal outlook, and one only needs to look north to Michigan for our potential circumstances.